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P. MAUSER.

SHIFTABLE MAGAZINE FOR BOLT GUNS.

No. 492,543. Patented Feb. 28,1893.E v

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VTNESSES:

PAUL MAUsnR, or oBERNDoRr, GERMANY, AssIeNoR ro `'rit-1n vwarrant-.

FABRIK MAUSER, OF SAME PLACE'.

SHIFTABLE MAGAZINEFOR BOLT-GUNS.

SPECIFICATION forming' Of Letters Patent N0. 492,543, dated February 28, 1893.

Application filed August 20, 1892. Serial No. 443,566- (No'modcl.)

of the German Emperor, and a resident of lio Oberndorf am Neckar, in the Kingdom of Vrtemberg, German Empire, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cartridge-Shifters for Bolt-Guus with Magazine Under the Cartridge Rest, of which the following is a specification. l

This invention relates to magazine bolt guns, and is designed to provide improvements in such guns to the endthat they may be used either as magazine loading guns or as single loaders independently of their magazmes.

To this end the invention consists in itsV preferred form in constructing the magazine to be movable into and out of position relatively to,the bolt, whereby when displaced its cartridgesavill not be withdrawn by the latter, whereupon the gun can be used as a single loader. Preferably the magazine is situ'- ated beneath the usual cartridge rest, and is displaced downwardly so that the cartridges contained in it can be brought out of reach of the bolt, thus stopping the feed from the magazine, when the gun can be charged with single cartridges from an ordinary cartridge box and used asa single shooter, while if itis desired to transform the guninto a repeater, or magazine fed gun, the magazine will be replaced, whereupon its cartridges will be within the reach of the bolt.

The invention also consists in certain structural improvements hereinafter -set forth.

My invention may be appl-ied'to all breech loading guns in which the magazine is situated beneath the-cartridge rest, but'I will describe it as applied to the so-called Mauser gun, inwhich the opening of the lock case beneath the cartridge rest is milled out into a box or receptacle made in one piece with the trigger guard and containing'a cartridge lifter of well known construction.

In the accompanying drawings, which illustrate my invention as applied to the said Mauser gun, Figure l is a fragmentary vertical longitudinal section of the lock portion of a gun. Fig; 2 is a side elevation of the magazine, a fragment of the breech case and bolt being shown. Fig.v 3 is a vertical crosssection thereof on the line 3-3 in Fig. 2.

Fig. i is a horizontal section thereof on the line -it-i in Fig. 2, and Fig. 5 is an elevation of the inner side of the shifting lever detached. p

Referring to'the drawings, let a' indicate the breech case of a gun which may be of any 'known construction, k the bolt thereof, of

any usual construction, b the trigger guard thereof, A the portion of the breech case termedthe cartridge rest, B-the magazine beneath the cartridge rest, and-f the shifting lever therefor;

I will now describe the preferred form of my invention as applied to the Mausergun illustrated in the drawings.,

The magazine B consists of a prismatic or oblong box or cavity milled ont of the material of the trigger guard b, and extending downwardlyvobliquely to the axis of the barrel underneath the bolt 1c and opposite the cartridge rest A.' This box is closed at the under side in any suitable Way, as by a lid b', and contains a cartridgelifter d d of usual construction, actuated bya suitable spring as heretofore. Preferably this boxis fixed relatively to the gun and constitutes an outer casing vfor the magazine, and an inner lining, c is mounted movably within the box, constitilting part of the magazine. The cartridges are not placed directlyy in the box, but are placed inthe lining c. consists of 'a solid back c aud two side sheets c2 fastened to this back. The sheets c2 have their top edgesv bent slightly inward in such manner that they retain the cartridges Within' the lining. The cartridges are pressed into the magazine from above against the resistance of the cartridge lifter, as heretofore.' AFreferably the lining cv is adapted to be shifted up and down for a short distance, the

Preferably this lining back c thereof being guided partly by the opening in the breech case a and partly by the side Walls of the box' formedin the trigger guard h, at back, and at front the side sheets c2 are guided in grooves formed in the but I prefer to shifting lever f, which is preferably provided on the right hand side of the trigger guard b. rlhis lever has a shaft f traversing and supported by the trigger guard, and constructed with la projection f2 resembling a key-bit which catches into a suitable indentation c8 iu the back plate c' of the lining. By this provision 'when the lever is shifted it carries the lining of the magazine with it, and thus the latter can be moved into and out of position relatively to the bolt. It the lever is provided with a thumb piece f3 as'shown,

and constructed to be arrested and retainedv in its extreme position, the lining and the cartridges contained therein can be keptback from the path of the bolt when the lever is shifted to the downward position shown in Fig. 1, and then the gun can be used asasingle loader as the bolt will pass over the magazine without acting on its contents, and when the gun is to be used as a repeater the lining and its contents can be kept in position for 1 ably the lever is the action of the bolt by shifting the lever to the upper position shown in Fig. 2. Prefercaught in its respective p0 sitions by being constructed with a projection on its inner face engaging recesses arranged in the side Wall of the trigger guard at its two extreme positions, 2 and 4.

, The magazine may be charged by pushing in cartridges from lthe top either singly by hand, or by means of the Well known Mauser cartridge holder, by which five cartridges may be inserted at one time.

It will be seen that my invention provides an improvement iu breech-loading magazine bolt guns which can be variously availed of vwithout departing from its essential features, and it will be understood that I do not limit myself to the particular adaptation thereof set forth and shown as the preferred form of my invention.

What I claim is the following-defined nevel features and combinations, substantially as hereinbel'ore set forth, namely:

1. In a breech-loading magazine gun, the

eftect this by meansof the as shown in Figs.V

bolt, in combination with a magazine adjacent thereto for delivering cartridges under the action of the bolt, this magazine constructed with a lidb closing its lower end, and a lining c constructed to retain the cartridges within the magazine above saidV lid, said lining being movableindependently of said magazine and its lid While the latter is closed into and out of position relatively to said bolt, whereby when said lining is in one position the cartridgescanebe engaged by said bolt and when said lining is displaced fit will withdraw the cartridges from the action of said boit-,whereupon the gun can then be used as a single loader, and means for moving said magazine.

2. In va breech-loading magazine gun, the bolt and breech case, and a magazine carried by said case, constructed with a stationary.

casing, in combination with a lining inclosed in said casing, constructed to embrace and carry the cartridges, movable toward and from .said bolt within and independently of said casing while the magazine is closed, and constructed when in one position to present the top cartridge to the action of the bolt and when displaced to remove it from such action, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

3. In a breechdoading magazine gun, the bolt and the breech case constructed with a cartridge rest, in combination with a magazine b oX situated beneath the cartridge rest and consisting of a lining c constructed to' contain the cartridges, and having a lining back, as c', and a shifting lever, as f, constructed to engage with said lining back and when shifted to move the lining up and down, wherebythe cartridges contained inv the latter can be raised or lowered to bring the uppermost cartridge into or out of reach of the bolt, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

'Inwitnesswhereof I have hereunto signed my name in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

PAUL MAUSER.

Witnesses: CHAPMAN COLEMAN,

)ARL T. BURRHARDT. 

